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Mag Specialties has experience extruding over 9000 shapes in over 20 different magnesium alloys. We offer magnesium extruded products in a variety of standard alloys and forms as well as many special shapes and alloys tailored to our customer's requirements.

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Extruded Shapes

Mag Specialties has experience extruding over 9000 shapes in over 20 different magnesium alloys. We offer magnesium extrusions in a variety of standard alloys and forms as well as many special shapes tailored to fit a customer's requirement.

Typical benefits of magnesium extruded products include:

Lightest Structural Metal

Extruded magnesium is the lightest structural metal weighing 33% lighter than aluminum

High specific strength and stiffness

Magnesium extrusions are up to 25% lighter than aluminum on an equal strength or stiffness basis

Superior Machineability

Magnesium requires 45% less power to machine than aluminum

Complex shapes and tight tolerances

Magnesium can be extruded into complex shapes with tight tolerances

High shock absorption and dent resistance

Magnesium is ideal for applications requiring shock absorption and dent resistance

Good thermal conductivity and thermal stability

Extruded magnesium conducts heat well and has good thermal stability

Low tooling cost

Extrusions have low tooling cost and allow fast prototype development

Typical extrusion forms and alloys we produce are summarized in the table below. Chemical and mechanical properties are available upon request.

Extruded Form*	AZCOML	AZ31B	AZ61A	AZ80A	ZK60A
Rod, Bar, Solid Shapes
Structural Shapes
Wire (also in AZ92A)
Tube
Hollow Shapes
Semi-Hollow Shapes

*MAG also produces other magnesium alloys, and a variety of aluminum alloy extrusions.

Mechanical Properties * (Typical- solid shapes)	AZCOML	AZ31B	AZ61A	AZ80A T5	ZK60A T5
Yield Strength (ksi)	27	28	31	38	44
Tensile Strength (ksi)	37	38	45	50	53
Elongation (%)	15	14	15	6	11
Shear Strength (ksi)	-	19	22	24	26
Bearing Yield Strength (ksi)	-	33	42	53	59
Bearing Ultimate Strength (ksi)	-	56	68	60	79

*For design purposes, please use minimum guaranteed mechanical data available per ASTM B107. More information is also available upon request of Wrought Products Booklet.

Extruded Anodes

The use of extruded anodes for cathodic protection of residential and commercial glass-lined water heaters is a common practice. Mag Specialties supplies customers with both magnesium and aluminum anodes. Our magnesium anodes consist of our standard Galvorod™ (AZ31B) for regular application or Galvomag™ (M1C) for high-current output applications. Both magnesium and aluminum anodes (A420 & A8020) can be supplied in a variety of sizes and finishes.

Some of the benefits of our anodes are listed below:

Guaranteed highest quality

We supply the highest quality anodes verified by independent labs

High anode efficiency

Extruded anodes typically have a 54% anode efficiency or higher per ASTM G97 test ensuring they will last over extended periods of time

NSF/ANSI 61 Certification

MAG is NSF/ANSI 61 certified, ensuring our anodes have been tested for trace elements that may be harmful

Our Galvoline™ product line, also an M1C alloy, is primarily used for underground applications with high current output requirements. Galvoline™, unlike individual anodes, produces an efficient and even current distribution along a pipeline. This product line is typically sold in coils and delivered on pallets.

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Cast Anodes

Mag Specialties provides the cathodic protection industry with high quality cast anodes in both Galvomag™ (M1C) and H1 (AZ63-B). Our Galvomag™ alloy is typically used in applications that require a higher current output. We provide D-Type, S-Type and Aqueous Series cast anodes. All our cast anode grades are tested by independent labs to meet or exceed 50% current efficiency per ASTM G97 test.

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Concrete Tools

Mag Specialties produces concrete tool magnesium extrusions for some of the largest concrete tool manufacturers in North America. Since we don’t produce finished concrete tools, we leave that task for our valued customers. We’ve supplied some of these companies for over 30 years and we value the relationships that have been developed with our company. Some of the extrusions we produce are:

Magnesium Bullboats

Magnesium Screeds

Magnesium Handfloats

Magnesium Channel floats

Magnesium Lutes

Extrusion Benefits

Lighter

Magnesium concrete tools are 33% lighter than aluminum

Resilient

Magnesium is alkali resistant and lasts longer than aluminum, and is more durable than wood

dimentional tolerance

Magnesium concrete tools have excellent dimensional tolerance – especially flatness

A Better finish

Magnesium concrete tools typically give a better surface finish on concrete

Lead-Times

Mag Specialties is a North American producer providing shorter delivery lead-times

Forging Billets

Mag Specialties produces the highest quality magnesium forging billets in our industry. Leveraging our long history in magnesium production, we’ve developed a process to produce magnesium forging stock that meets the stringent requirements of our customers. The use of our forging billets in the production of forged race car wheels for the Formula One circuit is a testament to our quality. We can supply:

AZ31B

Good Forgeability, Medium Strength

AZ61A

Higher Strength than AZ31B

AZ80A

Higher Strength than AZ61B and heat treatable

ZK60A

Highest guaranteed minimum strength and higher ductility than AZ80

Benefits of Forging Grade Billets

Guaranteed quality

We verify quality by microstructure testing

Full traceability

We maintain full traceability and certify for chemistry

Pre-ex Capability

We can pre-extrude forging billets to improve forgeability

Ultrasonic testing

We use UT certified personnel to test per customer’s specification

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Specialty Metals

Magnesium is a key ingredient in many pharmaceutical and chemical/metallurgical applications. Mag Specialties produces a variety of alloys and forms for these industries:

Mag-Cal

A magnesium-calcium alloy used in the lead industry for de-bismuthizing

Cal-Al

A calcium-magnesium alloy used for the lead battery alloying

Magnesium granules and turningS

For the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries

Benefits of our Specialty Metals

Consistent chemistry and sizing of our turnings and granules enable reliable and high yield Grignard reactions.

Mag-Cal and Cal-Al reduce plant fugitive emissions, improve workplace environment and can be added at lower temperature.

Mag-Cal results in consistently higher recovery of both magnesium and calcium in the lead bath; minimizing reagent additions and enabling more accurate predictions of final bismuth levels.

Cal-Al’s uniform chemistry and high-quality leads to more consistent battery grids and improved battery performance.